BBC: Albania surprise this European

Spain has already qualified from Group B as the winner, while Albania is third with one point.

Albania lost to Italy, despite scoring the fastest goal in Euro history, but then equated with Croatia 2-2, in a dramatic draw at the last moment.

Manager Sylvinho says his team “will try hard” against Spain.

He said the “a are a strong team and we have a difficult game ahead. But we're going to get”.

” We have courageous players who are ambitious and we look forward to playing good against them”, he added.

Albania's attacker, Arber Hoxha, said Spain is the best “quadra in this group, and not only of this group, but also of the entire” tournament.

Sylvinho's team, which failed to get out of the group phase in Euro2016, is in a difficult position, but the Brazilian said his team is <x0-prinar” for the presentation in Germany so far and wants to take a step further.

There are three million Albanians in Albania and more than nine or 10 million worldwide. It has been a generation that has never seen their team in a European championship”, Sylvinho said.

We're all doing a really good job. We are alive, proud, ambitious. Spain is strong, but we will do ours.

We'd be happy to play last 16, but we have to give our best performance”, he said.

Albania has already created a surprise

Spain's qualifying for the 1/16s has already been confirmed, but coach Luis de la Fuente said that “pressi” remains online in a real difficult “> game.

” Albania has fantastic fans and has already created a surprise here”, he said.

We will approach this game just as we have all the rest, as if it were the last. Of course, we have a game plan for players we think are fit for this game. We are focused only on victory because we want to win each match”, he added.

Albania could take second place if it defeats Spain and Croatia beat Italy, though, if Croatia's victory gap is two goals greater than Albania's, they would be placed on their rivals in Group B.

Even if Albania fails to end up in the first two countries, it still has a change of performance as one of the top four teams in the third country.

Albania will be without assailant Mirlind Daku, who has been sentenced to two matches after leading his country's fans in a derogatory call.

Klaus Gjasula has a slight blow, but must be available, while Rey Manaj and Enea Mihaj have both recovered from injuries.

Spain's coach, De la Fuente, hinted at a possible rotation, saying the last thing we want is injuries.

The Best of Statistics

Spain has won all eight previous confrontations with Albania (31 goals for, 3 against). It's the best record 100% Spain's against every opponent, along with Liechtenstein and Malta, with whom they have faced and defeated on eight occasions.

Their 90,000 defeat against them in a Euro qualifying match in December 1990 remains their biggest competitive loss ever.

Spain will seek to win its first three matches of a European tournament for the second time, as it had done so earlier in 2008 ʹ an edition that would continue to win (1-0 against Germany in the final).

If Pedri wants to play for Spain in this match, he will set a new record by a European player for presenting the grand tour when he is 21 and older, passing Cristiano Ronaldon (currently equals 12 matches each).